Worlds’ Apocalypse Online

Ye Fei Li suddenly felt something.

"This presence…"

Ye Fei Li looked up at a certain direction.

A young man was sitting at the bar, his back facing them.

The young man accepted a bottle from the bartender, poured himself a glass and downed it all in one gulp.

"He's here" saying so, Ye Fei Li stood up and walked over.

"Who, what?" Liao Xing was busy chatting up a steaming storm with the ladies so he didn't quite understand.

Ye Fei Li came in front of the bar and sat down next to Gu Qing Shan.

Gu Qing Shan also poured him a shot.

"Is the bar fun?" Gu Qing Shan asked.

"The pervert insisted on coming, I on the other hand don't really care" Ye Fei Li raised his shot glass.

They knocked glasses and gulped it down.

Ye Fei Li scowled: "I really can't get used to this kind of strong liquor"

Gu Qing Shan looked back at the bottle.

This is the strongest kind of liquor in the world.

Ye Fei Li likes diluted liquors with a sweeter taste.

"My bad, this is what I usually drink, I'll get you a different one"

Saying so, Gu Qing Shan was about to call the bartender.

Ye Fei Li stopped him and said: "No need, I can still handle it occasionally"

Gu Qing Shan then poured him another shot.

"Then one more"

"Alright"

They downed it all in one gulp again.

Ye Fei Li scowled again, licking his lips: "Liking such strong liquor, you've probably been through quite a lot of hardship"

"Who hasn't?" Gu Qing Shan smiled.

He continued: "Drinking won't let you feel any better, you might think it can numb you, but it doesn't do that, it only burns you inside -------burns it for a short while, enough for you to run away from reality for the fleeting moments that it does"

Ye Fei Li nodded, poured himself a shot, then topped up for Gu Qing Shan as well.

"Been busy with something? You look exhausted" he asked.

"Saving two worlds" Gu Qing Shan curtly answered.

Pftt!

A girl sitting beside them couldn't hold back her laughter.

Her boyfriend was already a bit tipsy, laughing loudly: "Saving the world! Ahahaha, saving the world!"

They ignored them.

"A toast to you"

"Alright"

Gu Qing Shan gulped it down, but glanced at Ye Fei Li to evaluate his reaction.

But Ye Fei Li didn't really mind the nosy couple and gulped down his own glass as well.

"This liquor doesn't really suit your taste; so why do you drink so much today?" Gu Qing Shan asked, a bit curious.

"It's just an insignificant problem"

Saying so, Ye Fei Li reached for the bottle again.

Gu Qing Shan pushed his hand away and poured for the two of them again.

"There's no problem of yours that's insignificant, just tell me" he spoke very seriously.

Ye Fei Li hesitated, then finally answered: "I want to go look for my girlfriend"

Gu Qing Shan held his shot glass, taking a sip.

"Continue" Gu Qing Shan urged him.

Ye Fei Li continued: "I just want to see her for a little bit"

Gu Qing Shan couldn't help but asked: "You mean your ex-girlfriend?"

"Yeah"

"Why?"

"For the past few days, I've been able to hear her crying by my ears"

"You're saying you can hear her through your God's Chosen Skill?"

"Yeah, that's my God's Chosen Skill, [Harken]"

"How familiar are you with your God's Chosen Skill now?"

"Just barely" Ye Fei Li answered, "at different times, at different places, I can hear different things"

"That's quite a good skill, then what can you hear?" Gu Qing Shan asked.

"From what I know right now,

at 1 o'clock I can hear noises outside the walls,

then at 2 o'clock I can hear the sounds beneath the ground,

then at 3 o'clock I can hear the sound of all plant life,

at 4 o'clock I can hear the animals' thoughts,

at 5 o'clock I can hear outer worldly noises,

at 6 o'clock I can hear the thoughts of other people,

at 7 o'clock ------I'm not really sure what to categorize this time as"

Ye Fei Li added: "I haven't checked the sounds from 8 o'clock and onwards yet"

"So you can hear your ex-girlfriend's cries at 6 o'clock" Gu Qing Shan asked.

"No, at 7 o'clock" Ye Fei Li answered.

"That's a bit strange" Gu Qing Shan contemplated.

"Yeah, that's why I want to go check it out for sure"

"You want to go meet your ex-girlfriend"

"Hm"

"Then what are you waiting for, go"

Ye Fei Li then appeared hesitant, answering him: "She told me before that she didn't want to see me again"

"When the Apocalypse came, she left me to be with an Aristocrat"

"She wasn't exactly gentle with it" Ye Fei Li was irritated, "I don't want to face her -----she's probably being in the sweet embrace of another man, I really don't want to see that"

He tried to explain himself: "It's just that I want to understand my God's Chosen Skill that I have to go"

Gu Qing Shan looked at him and clapped his hands.

"Sir?" the bartender came and greeted him politely.

Gu Qing Shan whispered something to the bartender.

The bartender then quickly brought a few fruits, liquor, a small plate, salt and other ingredients to Gu Qing Shan.

Very skillfully, Gu Qing Shan made a cocktail.

He placed the cocktail in front of Ye Fei Li.

"What is this?" Ye Fei Li asked.

"A Margarita, the drink of one who misses. I think it'll suit your taste" Gu Qing Shan answered.

"Thank you" Ye Fei Li then tried it.

It really did suit his taste.

Placing the glass down, he decided to spew everything: "That year, my school organized a school trip for our grade. Although I really liked her, I didn't speak to her once during it. It was only when the trip was coming to an end did she come to me, offering a bottled drink and asked if I could take a picture with her"

Ye Fei Li spoke nostalgically: "I was really surprised back then; I didn't think she would also take a liking to me. And so, we were together from then on, all the way until after graduation, we worked at the same job as well"

"She liked to laugh, and I liked playing games, so whenever we played together, we would always have our fun back-and-forth conversations"

Looking at him, Gu Qing Shan made him another big cocktail.

Gu Qing Shan just stared at him, waiting until he finished the whole glass did he speak: "So you've always been thinking of her"

"Three years, the bottled drink had already expired long ago, but I've always kept and never opened it"

Ye Fei Li stared at his empty glass: "I want to see her again, just staying at a distance, not letting her see me is fine as well"

Gu Qing Shan observed him.

Ye Fei Li had a look full of hesitation and uncertainty, followed by a hint of nostalgia.

He looked nothing like the strongest Man Killer Fiend, and was definitely unlike the madness of the Murder Clown.

Having said so, Ye Fei Li suddenly shook his head, then followed:" No, forget it. She already dumped me, even if I shamelessly go see her, then what good does it do?"

"Then don't go" Gu Qing Shan tried probing him.

"But she keeps crying in my ears like this, I don't know what I should do" Ye Fei Li was confused.

Gu Qing Shan went silent for a bit, then asked: "What are you afraid of?"

Ye Fei Li poured himself a glass, then downed everything aggressively, replying: "I just, since I'm a man, I shouldn't go meet her with such a meek attitude ------I already lost once, it will be like admitting my loss once again"

"No, you're wrong"

"Wrong?"

"There's no need for you to pay attention to any laws of the world, no need to care about the views of others, you should just go and do what you desire from the bottom of your heart" Gu Qing Shan told him.

Hearing that, Ye Fei Li lowered his head, clutching at his hair.

Dong!

Dong!

Dong!

The antique clock of the bar was chiming.

A new hour has arrived.

Ye Fei Li suddenly stopped.

"Just listen" he looked as if he was listening to something, "she's crying again. Before, all she ever did was laugh, but now, she's been crying every day"

"Then ask her why she's crying" Gu Qing Shan commented.

"I can't, she's very far away, and she might not necessarily know that I could hear her" Ye Fei Li replied.